Abbas
Mirza (GB)
bl c 1831 (Camel - Medina, by Shebdeez Arabian). Sire
Line Camel. Family 2.
Bred by Robert Grosvenor (1767-1845), 2nd Earl
Grosvenor and subsequently 1st Marquess of
Westminster, he ran for two years, winning at
Liverpool and Holywell Hunt, defeated twice by Lord
Westminster's other horse
Touchstone. He
retired to the Eaton Stud of his owner where he
covered for a fee of 10 guineas. He sired the 1847
Cambridgeshire winner The Widow (b f 1839). His daughter Aspen (br f 1837)
was the second dam of the Manchester Cup winner
Ivanhoff (b c 1858 Muscovite) and the third dam of
the Mehl-Mülhens-Rennen winner Goldfisch (b c 1876
Laneret), whilst his son The Shah (br c 1837) got
the 1846 Poule d'Essai winner Philip Shah (b c
1843). Abbas Mirza was sent to Holland in October of
1838.

Abba
Thulle (GB)
b c 1786 (Young Marske - Mare, by
Chatsworth). Sire Line
Darley Arabian. Family
9-c. Abba Thulle was bred in Yorkshire by Matthew Dodsworth
(1726c-1804) of Thornton Watlass Hall near Ripon, a
notable land owner and justice of the peace. He was
a half brother to Arra Kooker* (br c 1789 Drone).
Campaigned for four years by Mr Dodsworth and then
by Mr Clifton he won sixteen races, including the Doncaster Cup in 1790,
the King's Plate at Carlisle in 1791 and the
Richmond Cup in 1791 and 1793. In the stud he
sired Clifton* (b c 1797). He was later sent to Russia.

Ainderby
(GB)*
ch c 1832 (Velocipede - Kate, by
Catton). Sire Line
King
Fergus. Family 2-c. Bred
by Captain Taylor and imported into Tennessee by Lucius J Polk
of Mount Pleasant in December of 1838. "As a 3-year old
Ainderby, carrying 118 lbs, ran in the then unprecedented time
(for 3-year olds) of 1:43. Polk paid a 'high figure' for
him." From 1843 to 1854 Ainderby sired 25 winners of 37
races.

Albion
(GB)*
bl c 1837 (Actaeon - Panthea, by
Blacklock). Sire Line
Beningbrough. Family 11-g. Bred
by Mr E Peel he was sent to Charleston, South Carolina, in the
ship "China" in January of 1839 and was later
purchased at auction by Colonel George W Polk for $1,600. He
trained at Richmond and was then sold to Lucius J Polk who
stood Albion in Tennessee. From there he went to Colonel
Elliott who had more success with him. He died in 1859, the
property of Colonel George Elliot of Sumner County, Tennessee.

Alexander
(GB)
ch c 1782 (Eclipse - Grecian Princess, by Williams's Forester).
Sire Line Eclipse. Family 13.
Alexander ran for six years in the colours of
Richard Grosvenor (1731-1802), 1st
Earl Grosvenor, of
Eaton Hall in Cheshire and Oxcroft Farm in
Cambridgeshire,
winning a 200gs match from Lord Vere's Fox in 1786
and a 500gs each subscription in 1789. All his races
were at Newmarket. Later owned by James Dutton (1744-1820), 1st Baron Sherborne, he was said to have been an immense horse who got good stock, with a fine
expression of head. He covered first at Oxcroft Farm and then at Figdale, near Chester,
for a fee of 15 guineas which later declined to 5
guineas. He sired the Two Thousand Guineas winner
Hephestion (b c 1807), the Oaks winner Nike (b f 1794),
and an unnamed daughter (b f 1790) who became the dam of the full siblings
by Buzzard (ch c
1787 Woodpecker): Oaks winner Bronze (br f 1803), Castrel
(ch c 1801),
champion sire Rubens
(ch c 1805), and the champion sire
Selim (ch c 1802).
Alexander died in 1811.

Archduke
(GB)*
br c 1796 (Sir Peter Teazle - Horatia, by
Eclipse). Sire
Line Highflyer. Family 30. Bred by
Sir Frank Standish, Archduke won the Derby Stakes in 1799, as
did his full brother Paris (br c 1803) in 1806. Archduke also
won a Sweepstakes for 400 guineas at Newmarket. Before leaving
England he sired Roseben (b c 1803) who sired the unnamed
taproot mare of the
Half-Bred Family B3. He was imported into
Virginia by Colonel John Hoomes in 1803 and stood first at
Bowling Green and then was farmed out. Sold at Hoomes's dispersal
sale in 1806 to Hoomes's son, John Jr, for $3,450, he was again
farmed out but still stood in Virginia as late as 1810.

Arethusa (GB)ch f 1792 (Dungannon - Sister
to Termagant, by Prophet). Sire Line
Eclipse.
Family
7. Bred by HRH the Prince of Wales (1762-1830),
later King George IV, she was the dam of two Derby
winners: Ditto (b c 1800
Sir Peter Teazle) and Pan
(ch c 1805 St. George), both owned by Sir Hedworth
Williamson. Another significant offspring was Walton
(b c 1799 Sir Peter Teazle) who won 18 races and was
champion sire in England in 1816 and 1818. Arethusa
died in 1817.

Aristotle
(GB)*
br c 1755 (Cullen Arabian - Mare, by
Crab). Sire Line
Cullen Arabian. Family 9. Bred by
Mr. Bladen he was imported into Virginia around 1764. Captain Littleberry Hardyman owned a half-interest in him at one point.
He is described as a horse of some note on the turf in England.
Most notable among his offspring is Brandon, the dam of Meade's
Celer (c 1776) and Clodius (b c 1778). He died in Virginia in
1776 at the age of 21.

Asteroid
(USA)
b c 1861 (Lexington -
Nebula, by Glencoe). Sire Line
King Herod.
Family A34. Bred
by R A Alexander at Woodburn Farm in Kentucky he was
described as standing 15.2 hands with a broad back, short
coupling and well developed hips and quarters. Undefeated on the
turf, he won from 1 mile to 4 miles, including two walk-overs.
He retired to stud at Woodburn and sired Ada A. (br f 1869),
Arnica (br f 1868), Lerna (br f 1868) and Nellie Grim (ch f
1870). He died in November of 1886.

Autocrat
(GB)
gr c 1822 (Grand Duke - Olivetta, by Sir Oliver). Sire
Line Highflyer. Family 13-a. Bred
by Lord Derby and imported into New York in 1831 by
William Jackson of Tennessee he is said to have won
many races in England. Owned by Tayloe & Tayloe of
Virginia he stood in 1836 at Thomas Barry's, in 1837
at R C Dickinson's in Montgomery County, and was
then sold to Colonel Samuel Lyne of Montgomery
County, where he stood in 1839. He was said to
be 16.2 hands. Autocrat sired 29 winners of 33 races between
1838 and 1843.